November 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – CSI and DNA evidence in courtrooms

Text: “The ‘CSI Effect’: Does It Really Exist?” https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/csi-effect-does-it-really-exist Extract: “Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television programs like CSI has caused jurors to wrongfully acquit guilty defendants when no scientific evidence has been presented. The mass media quickly picked up on these complaints. This so-called effect was promptly Read more…

November 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – gap between quantum physics and theory of gravity

Text: “Quantum information theory: Quantum complexity grows linearly for an exponentially long time.” Sciencedaily.com. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220328150620.htm Summary from the website: “Physicists know about the huge chasm between quantum physics and the theory of gravity. However, in recent decades, theoretical physics has provided some plausible conjecture to bridge this gap and to Read more…

November 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – Vikings in North America

Text: Bruce Bower. Science News.”Vikings lived in North America by at least the year 1021.” https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vikings-north-america-date-newfoundland Extract: “Vikings inhabited North America exactly 1,000 years ago, a new study finds. Counting tree rings reveals that wooden objects previously found at an archaeological site on Newfoundland’s northern peninsula were made from trees Read more…

November 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – a podcast on whether or not scientific progress is slowing

Text: “Is scientific progress slowing? with James Evans (Ep. 88).” Big Brains. https://news.uchicago.edu/scientific-progress-slowing-james-evans Extract from the show notes: “There are far more scientists in today’s world, and they’re publishing research papers at a much faster pace. However, all of this growth hasn’t translated to more scientific progress. As University of Read more…

November 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – language experiment

Text: Gizmodo. “A creepy 15th century language experiment took place on this island.” https://gizmodo.com/a-creepy-15th-century-language-experiment-took-place-on-1484724484 Extract: “when [King James IV of Scotland] decided he wanted to find out what the “original” language of human beings was, he came up with an interesting experiment. He took two babies, and a woman who Read more…